Peyton is doing wonderful. She was put in the hospital overnight on May 11 for fluids, she had a viral infection that she got dehydrated with so we needed to get her some fluids. Jan met me at the office with Peyton and Dr. Kelley looked at her to make sure that was what we needed to do, then Peyton and I headed to the hospital. I called Jeffrey on the way, he was on his way home from work so he went on home and took a shower and packed a bag for us and came up with my mom and dad. Peyton did a great job with the IV, the nurses had to stick her about 10 times because she was so dehydrated that her veins just kept collapsing when they inserted the IV cath into her veins, but luckily they were finally able to get it in her hand so we didn't have to shave her head! Poor baby. We were in the hospital for less than 24 hours, as soon as they got the IV in Peyton began drinking again (go figure) and she gained a pound (of fluids) in 6 hours. The next morning she was perking up again and playing and feeling better, ready to get out of the hospital. The discontinued her IV, but they wanted to be sure that she was going to continue drinking so I gave her a bath and got her freshened up and she was ready to play some more. She found her bath cart out in the hallway and started pushing it up and down the hallway at the hospital. The nurses loved that and so did Peyton, she was soaking up all attention, as if she doesn't get enough of that at home! :) It was good to see her getting back to her normal self again though! By lunch time Dr. Kelley decided we were good to go and discharged us home. I stayed home with her Thursday and Friday as we felt she would be willing to drink and eat more with me at home with her then she would for the grandparents. Nothing against them, but as everyone knows, when babies are sick they just want their mommies. But she is doing great now and back to being Peyton!
We had a great Memorial Day weekend. Friday night Jeff and Gina came over for supper and we sat out on the deck and ate and just enjoyed the nice weather. Love this time of year. I think Peyton fed most of her supper to the dogs though. Saturday we spent all day outside. Peyton and I played out in the yard while Jeffrey and Papa Freels dug a little pond for the pigs to play in, the Jeffrey and I worked on getting the pool the rest of the way cleaned out while Peyton was napping. Then we headed down to Jeff and Gina's. Jeffrey and the guys worked on Jeff's mud truck while Gina, Peyton and I sat under the shade tree and played in Peyton's pool! Thank you Granny and Papa for that!
Sunday we had a family get together at Granny and Papa Joe's for Granny's birthday. It was a wonderful time, EVERYONE was there, we were able to get family pictures of EVERYONE. Peyton had so much fun playing with the other kiddos and it wore her out, she was in bed for the night by 7:30. Monday mom and dad had a BBQ at their house. Peyton showed Uncle Rob how she calls the cows and how she feeds the cows. Then she had corn on the cob for the first time, so cute. She had to have a piece for each hand though otherwise she wasn't happy. It was adorable! Then Papa thought we needed to take his mud truck back to the mud pit, so Jeffrey and Peyton got on the John Deere, Papa in the mud truck, Rob, mom and I in Rob's jeep and off we went. All I'm gonna say is that the mud truck is still back in the mud pit! :) Anyway, I think this post is long enough, hopefully I will have something else to post about later this week! Hope everyone had a good weekend!
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ReplyDeleteFirst: Hooray about Rusk! I'm so excited for you! Once you get settled there and you know your schedule, we NEED to get the kids together for a play date.
ReplyDeleteSecond: Peyton is so cute! I cannot belive how big she is getting! And, I'm glad that she is feeling better.
Thanks Tara, I'm super excited, just hope it all works out! :) We def need to get the kiddos together for a play date. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you finally posted. Glad to hear Peyton is better. Glad the weather was great for Peyton to play outside and in her pool.
ReplyDeleteCongrats about the job as well. 12 hour days are long but it will be worth it to be able to spend more time with Peyton and Jeffrey.
Aunt My and Uncle Jimmy
Congrats on the job! You know, I told your mom we have a couple of bottle calves we could hook Peyton and Brock up with for the Callaway Fair to show. I'm sure that message didn't get passed on but think of how fun that would be. LOL.
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